The following graphic displays the lower division GE requirements for mechanical engineering majors as of the Fall 2016 catalog. You may also download the PDF version. The upper division GE requirements (3 courses) are met within the mechanical engineering major by taking ME 3060, ME 4971 and ME 4972. Transfer students are not required to complete an Introduction to Higher Education course and are exempt from the lower division civic learning (cl) requirement listed below. Transfer students are still required to complete a Block E course. A full-list of Block E courses may be found in the University Catalog. The writing intensive (wi) requirement is met through the ME 4971 and ME 4972 capstone course Senior Mechanical Engineering Design. The upper division civil learning (cl) requirement is met by ME 4971 and ME 4972. Block B2/3 is met within the major by ME 3040 and CHEM 1040. Students must still fulfill the Diversity requirements of one race/ethnicity (re) course and either one additional (re) course or a diversity (d) course. The Diversity requirement may be fulfilled by double-counting courses completed for any of the lower division GE blocks.

PRIOR TO FALL 2016 - GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Those continuing students who were accepted to Cal State LA prior to the Fall 2016 term should refer to the quarter-based GE requirements below. Students have the option of completing the quarter-based GE requirements or may choose to change their GE catalog requirements to the new Fall 2016 by submitting a request to the Registrars office.

Diversity Requirement

Those courses with the course number preceded by the designation (d) are diversity courses. Students must include at least two diversity courses (8 units), which may be selected from Block C or from the General Education Upper Division Themes as described in the following section. For most engineering majors, this requirement is met in the General Education Upper Division Theme.

Minimum Average Grade

A minimum C grade average in general education is required of all students following the 1987 - 1989, or any later catalog.

Upper Division General Education Requirements (12 units)

Since the biology requirement is met in the upper division theme, select between the themes of C and F. Courses in each of these themes are distributed among three areas including: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities. You must complete one course from each of the three areas in the chosen theme. The course selected in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics must be a biology course.

EXAMPLE: If you choose Theme A: Challenge of Change in the Developing World, as described below, you can take GEOG333, ECON360 and TVF324. You cannot take GEOG333, GEOL351, and PHIL334 to meet this requirement.

C. Gender in the Diversity of Human Experience

This theme provides an integrated inquiry into the implication of gender, exploring its meaning, significance, and status within the diversity of human experience and representations of sex and gender specific to the multitude of cultures and societies making up the human experience, both historically and today.

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

ANTH 310 Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender (4)

BIOL 388N/PSY 388 Sex and Gender (4)

LBS 386 Gender in Science (4)

NURS 330 Human Reproductive Health (4)

Social Sciences

(d) ANTH 338 Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (4)

(d) HIST 357 Gender in History (4)

(d) POLS 310 Gender, Politics, and Government (4)

(d) SOC 341 Sociology of Gender Roles (4)

Humanities

(d)COMM 385/ENGL 385 Sex and Gender in Language and Literature (4)

(d) ENGL/TVF 379 Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture (4)

(d) PHIL 327 Philosophy, Gender and Culture (4)

(d) RELS 335 Gender in the Diversity of World Religions (4)

Notes

*ENGL 102 - Composition II: Analytical and Persuasive Writing is a university requirement
+POLS 150 - Meets US constitution, state, and local government requirements
#TECH 250 - In theme E is strongly recommended for all engineering majors

Engineering students must complete the introduction to Higher Education Requirement (ENGR 150) within their first 2 quarters at CSULA